COVID-19 cases continue to drop nationally
COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to fall across the country as experts question the utility of weekly virus data dumps.
The federal health department released...
Vic to trial COVID nasal spray treatment
Clinical trials of a locally made nasal spray treatment for COVID-19 are set to begin in Victoria.
The heparin spray, made at Monash University's Medicines...
Pandemic end ‘in sight’ as stats released
Public health experts are increasingly optimistic the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight.
The World Health Organisation has advised the pandemic could soon...
Virus stats to reveal rule change effects
A week after isolation rules were reduced from seven days to five, national data for the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Australia...
COVID-19 hits disadvantaged youths hard
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it more challenging for young disadvantaged Australians to secure work or study after high school, a new survey has...
India, China approve needle-free vaccines
India and China have cleared a new approach in COVID-19 vaccination - two needle-free options, one a squirt in the nose and the other...
Booster campaign in long war against COVID
With COVID-19 restrictions relaxing from airports to footy stadiums, millions of Australians are being exposed to the coronavirus including almost three in ten adults...
Doctors query advice on shorter COVID iso
The president of the Australian Medical Association has warned the government about treating COVID-19 too similarly to other infectious diseases as mandatory isolation is...
Kids capable of COVID self-testing: study
School-aged children can test themselves for COVID-19 with nearly just as much accuracy as healthcare workers, according to a US study.
All it takes is...
Aussies in ‘denial’ over pandemic end
Australians must change the way they live and accept the threat from COVID-19 and other viral infections will persist, a leading epidemiologist says.
Professor Raina...